Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 12:55 pm, Lance Cummings wrote: > Hi Derek, > > Tuesday, September 23, 2003, 7:49:58 PM, you wrote: > > DJ> Hmm that module is not even included in 9.1 > > Must be why it wouldn't load for me. :) > > DJ> The 'monitor' GUI in Mandrake Control Panel>Hardware allows you > DJ> t

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 5:11 am, James Conner wrote: > Well, I found it on my MDK9.0 system. Yes, it's in a gui. Mandrake makes > it a hidden part of the KDE Control Center. It's called kxconfig. If you > type: kdesu -c kxconfig > and supply your root password it will show up. Please backup > /

Re: [newbie] untarring a backup of windows partition - permission with fat32

2003-09-23 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 23 Sep 2003 6:16 am, revolt wrote: > I want to backup my boss's fresh install of XP to a gzip (on a > mandrake partition) on his dell, then be able to "ghost" his XP back > onto the fat32 partition. I have been experimenting in preparation for > this and have gotten some errors that I

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 22 Sep 2003 2:28 pm, Lance Cummings wrote: SNIP > > I do know this: What I'm getting right now at 1024x768 @ 24 bits in > Linux is eating my eyes up, and there is absolutely no earthly reason > for that to be happening. > > The monitor and card can do 100 Hz @ 32 bits @ 1024x768. This wou

Re: [newbie] MDK 9.1 : pas de son avec carte audio Intel AC'97

2003-09-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 22 Sep 2003 1:21 pm, Maël free wrote: > Hi, > Thanx for trying to speak french, a good french ! > I'm a beginner on this mailing list and I thought write on an french list > ... My modem is an extern modem USB, look at this link please : > http://www.sagem.com/web-modems/download/support-

Re: [newbie] First Steps & Vertical Refresh (WAS: partitioning for Mandrake 9.1)

2003-09-22 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 22 Sep 2003 4:29 am, Lance Cummings wrote: > That's pretty close to what I ended up doing. Thanks for the advice. > The only change I made was to add /var (about 3 gigs) at the end. My > reading of the docs seems to suggest that a lot of log activity ends > up there, and some chronic p

Re: [newbie] hdd speed problem

2003-09-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 8:16 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I am having still problem with hdd speed. SNIP > > /dev/hda: > Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.37 seconds =345.95 MB/sec > Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 4.17 seconds = 15.35 MB/sec > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lvgandhi]# hdparm -i /de

Re: [newbie] no sound with mandrake 9.1

2003-09-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 7:31 pm, MACY, NIALLEN C wrote: > I am getting no sound with my VT8233 [AC97 Adio Controller] sound card. i > have run the config tool and sometimes i get sound and others i dont. I > just went to the via tech website and downloaded those drivers and it still > doesnt work

Re: [newbie] Domain assign

2003-09-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 20 Sep 2003 12:27 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Hello list > > Over the years, I have added a box at a time in a small office. I'm > now, one by one, installing mdk 9.1 on all of them. > > There is no place that I see to assign hostname or domainname in the > install. > > And I can't find t

Re: [newbie] Boot GUI

2003-09-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 19 Sep 2003 4:04 pm, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > When I boot the comp it boots to a GUI screen that displays the users. > You choose one then enter the password. > > okay, last time I installed Linux (md9.1) I stumbled onto something that > allowed me to change the gui style (not just the c

Re: [newbie] Hooking into Windows

2003-09-19 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 19 Sep 2003 6:34 pm, Burrows, Scott wrote: > Hi all, > > Were on a Windoze netework on Win2k boxes here. I have a 2nd box that is > MKD 9.1 that I connected to the Windows LAN with no problems. > > I wanted to access some the Windows resources like printers or other > computers so I, usin

Re: [newbie] My clock is fast

2003-09-19 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 19 Sep 2003 8:13 am, Margot wrote: > My clock is set to the right timezone (London), and shows roughly the > right time, but I have to remember to reset it once a week because it > gains around 10 minutes a week. > > It is annoying, because I look at the clock on the screen, get the > app

Re: [newbie] Cheap color inkjet printer

2003-09-18 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 1:12 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 12:29 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > > I know if I wait long enough, you all start to agree with me, HP > > printers are not well supported in linux and do not work that well, > > as compared to epson and lexmark all of

Re: [newbie] file fragmentation

2003-09-18 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 11:16 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: > Could someone please set the record straight... > Do files on ext3 filesystems get and stay fragmented? Does this degrade > performance? What tools are available to defrag? > TIA > Paul Answers Not to any significant degree, No, and Possibly

Re: [newbie] Sound card problem in Mandrake 9.1

2003-09-18 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 18 Sep 2003 10:19 am, NiTrO wrote: > I did turn up the volume. But the sound is coming out of the wrong jacket. > It should not come out of the microphone jack, does it :-/, but out the > audio output jacket. And that's the problem. I'm absolutely sure it is not > a volume adjustment pr

Re: [newbie] BibleTime & 9.1

2003-09-18 Thread Derek Jennings
SNIP > However, I have no sound. 9.0 put that in without a hitch. Can anyone > tell me where to start? > Most sound problems are just because the sound system is muted. Run aumix to set volume levels. > Also, when I install a program as a user, where does it go? and can > other users run it? I gu

Re: [newbie] urpmi vs "Mandrake Update (the GUI)"

2003-09-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 17 Sep 2003 8:28 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > So, is there a way to update all from gui? > > Not that I will, being a cli hotdog now, of course. > > Lee > You would have to go the the software sources GUI to update the urpmi databases, then go to the Install GUI and filter on update avai

Re: [newbie] Postfix mailserver

2003-09-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 17 Sep 2003 6:34 pm, Yves Arsenault wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if anyone has some good resources on exactly how to > configure a Postfix mail server. According to a doc that I followed I > should be functional, but I'm not as of yet. > > I'm running Mandrake Linux 9.0 > > TIA

Re: [newbie] urpmi vs "Mandrake Update (the GUI)"

2003-09-17 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 17 Sep 2003 5:49 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Okay > > I go to Mandrake Update in the Configuration menu and it says "no > new updates" > > then I do urpmi -v --autoselect from the cli (Darn I like saying > that) and (after dumping texstar again) I get a slew of updates. > > I'm sure I'm n

Re: [newbie] installing a fix for x86

2003-09-16 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 7:17 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:52:22 +0100 > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > The XFree site does not seem to distinguish, only mentioning major > > > release diffs, ie. 4.2 vs. 4.3 AFAICT. > &g

Re: [newbie] installing a fix for x86

2003-09-16 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 5:18 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 13:54:14 +0100 > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > XFree86-4.3-8.2mdk is on the Mandrake update servers. > > Just out of curiosity, are there any major changes/fixes between > XF

Re: [newbie] installing a fix for x86

2003-09-16 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 5:50 am, d2ci1fj g1nf24 wrote: > Hi, > I am using xfree86 4.3.0 and need to update it. I know about a fix that > they put out. I don not know if that is all I need and which one to get. > Would somebody tell me how fully update x86? > > Thanks, > > Steven XFree86-4.3-8.2md

Re: [newbie] old mandrake 9.1 drive in new machine

2003-09-16 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 16 Sep 2003 12:50 pm, Thinker wrote: > Thanks. This worked and I am now in X. Now if I could figure out how to > get my network card running. It is a DLink DFE-530TX+ Rev. D2. I went to > the network configuration as root but my card is not among the options > in the drop down menu. > W

Re: [newbie] URPMI again

2003-09-15 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 15 Sep 2003 9:56 pm, Curt Tresenriter wrote: > Attempting to update via urpmi I get a message that Mozilla 1.1 is > needed by Galeon. > 1.1 is the version that's installed so why is it giving this message? Did you install mozilla by RPM/URPMI, or by the mozilla install binary? If it was

Re: [newbie] KSCD problem

2003-09-15 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 15 Sep 2003 11:28 am, Frans Ketelaars wrote: > On Sunday 14 September 2003 17:54, John Richard Smith wrote: > > I cann't figure out what's running in the background and preventing > > me running kscd , > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# kscd > > kscd is already running! > > [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [newbie] Teach yourself unix in 24 hours

2003-09-15 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 15 Sep 2003 2:11 am, Eric Huff wrote: > > I tried to locate it and I got the message that my database was 8 days > > old. > > That's funny, that's how old mine was too... That means you have slocate installed but it is not being updated by its overnight cron job. The most likely reason

Re: [newbie] Installing BibleTime from source

2003-09-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 14 Sep 2003 4:04 pm, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > I attempted to install BibleTime from an rpm designed for mdk9.1 because > they had none for 9.0 (which I am running). I recieved several failed > dependancies. I was able to get an answer from them and was told I would > probably need to com

Re: [newbie] The Wonderful World of Linux 2.6

2003-09-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 14 Sep 2003 1:50 pm, Anarky wrote: > Richard Urwin wrote: > >I've just come across this, and I don't remember seeing it on here > >before. > > > >The new features in Linux 2.6: http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html > > > >(HeywireMac, note that filesystem capability support is in there. My >

Re: [newbie] ShockWave for Mozilla ??

2003-09-13 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 13 Sep 2003 9:17 pm, Bob Read wrote: > I've been doing searches for Shockwave for Mozilla on Linux > but all I'm finding is questions from others. Does anyone > have answers they can point to? > > Much thanks, > > Bob If you want Shockwave in Linux then you are going to have to use Wi

Re: [newbie] how to "find files" and look everywhere except /mnt?

2003-09-12 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 13 Sep 2003 12:41 am, Merlin Zener wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 05:47, RichardA wrote: > > On 13 Sep 2003 04:20:54 +0700, Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > I think there is something broken somewhere - all I get is: > > > bash: updatedb: command not found > > > bas

Re: [newbie] Linksys WMP11 Wireless PCI

2003-09-12 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 12 Sep 2003 9:33 pm, Russell W. Behne wrote: snip > Vendor: ?Broadcom Corporation > Bus: ?PCI > Bus identification: ?14e4:4301:1737:4301 > Location on the bus: ?0:a:0 > Description: ?BCM4301 802.11b > Module: ?unknown > Media class: ?NETWORK_OTHER

Re: [newbie] Linksys WMP11 Wireless PCI

2003-09-12 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 12 Sep 2003 8:23 pm, Russell W. Behne wrote: > I have a headache. I'm trying to find out how to get a Linksys WMP11 > Wireless PCI card working in my host. I've looked at the howtos, which > all look like greek to me. Isn't there a simple howto that tells me > where to begin - on this car

Re: [newbie] Desktop icons (kde)

2003-09-12 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 7:17 pm, Jonesy wrote: > Exists there somewhere a "collection" of misc. desktop icons for KDE? > I'm an OS/2 user slowly moving into the Mandrake world, and I've > started trying to implement the functionality of my OS/2 desktop in > my mdk boxen (8.2 and 9.1). One feature

Re: [newbie] minicom on mandrake

2003-09-11 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 5:09 am, Stelio Pappas wrote: > Hi > > I'm new to the support list scene so take it easy on me if I mess up my > list etiquette. > > I am trying to install minicom on Mandrake 9.1 > > I found minicom-2.00.0-2mdk.x86_64.rpm on rpmfind. > > I tried to install it and got the fo

Re: [newbie] newbie questions

2003-09-10 Thread Derek Jennings
> > > 3) if I have 2 ethernet cards, eth0 and eth1, and let's say I want to > > disable eth0 and just use eth1, how do I do that? > > Just for now? "ifconfig eth0 down". > Permanently? Not sure, why not just ignore it and not plug anything in? > Actually, there must be something in the init files

Re: [newbie] boot trouble after creating new partition

2003-09-10 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 12:41 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:45, adam brown wrote: > > label="linux" > > root=/dev/hda6 > > there's your problem. > lilo is looking / in /dev/hda6 (which it used to be before you added an > extra partition) but is now /dev/hda7 > > I

Re: [newbie] DVD Ripping Question

2003-09-10 Thread Derek Jennings
If you have used k3b's setup wizard it will have messed around with /etc/fstab and you will wind up with 2 entries in your fstab for your drive. It could be k3b is trying to mount using the 'other' entry. If you have supermount enabled it gets even more complicated with conflicts between superm

Re: [newbie] SMTP Question

2003-09-09 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 6:49 pm, Dan Ferris wrote: > I am trying to configure a server to send status e-mail to myself with > the mail command. > > Sendmail is not running. > > How can I set mail to use the regular SMTP server? It always wants to > use the local sendmail, which doesn't work because

Re: [newbie] 3 quick questions

2003-09-09 Thread Derek Jennings
> Three quick questions: > > 1) When booting there is about a 18 second delay while the system checks > modules. Is this normal? All the other steps seem to pass quickly. In MandrakeControlCentre>System>Services disable harddrake and auto kernel headers. That will speed up booting (obviously i

Re: [newbie] "No matching freedb entry found" ??

2003-09-09 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 12:32 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 09 Sep 2003 8:56 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > > 1/ It is not a mainstream CD and no-one has reported the track list > > yet. > > Derek - I have made cd's of some of my vinyl, and it would be very > nice to

Re: [newbie] Can not choose to log as 'root' anymore in graphic mode

2003-09-07 Thread Derek Jennings
Hit Ctl + Alt +F1 and you will get a text screen. You can log in as user there. Then useradd -p password user_name to add a new user. Ctl+Alt+F7 takes you back to the login screen but I expect you need to reboot before seeing the new user. To enable login as root in the future MandrakeControlCe

Re: [newbie] Linux and Wireless Lan/Internet

2003-09-07 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 7:05 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday September 6 2003 11:02 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 3:03 pm, Jason Greenwood wrote: > > > Ok all, I have decided to ditch the wires and go wireless for > > > my ADSL Modem/router/

Re: [newbie] Samba configuration

2003-09-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 3:12 pm, Flávio Henrique wrote: > Hi all... > > Please I need help to configure the Samba > > I have a network with a server running win2kserver and workstations with > win98, and I want to change the server to Mandrake9.1 > I already installed MD9.1 but how to configure the

Re: [newbie] Linux and Wireless Lan/Internet

2003-09-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 3:03 pm, Jason Greenwood wrote: > Ok all, I have decided to ditch the wires and go wireless for my ADSL > Modem/router/Accesspoint and NIC at home. What is the guts of it?? > Nowadays adsl modems and nic's almost always work with Linux (my Nokia > Modem/Router and Generic NI

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 2:06 pm, Pete Stean wrote: > Thanks folks - a simple problem by the looks of it but I couldn't see > the wood for the trees - here's hoping they're all that easy - now to > find out if anyone has ever managed to get an MS Trackball Optical to > work !! > > Thanks again > > P

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 installation problem - Geforce4 recognised but doesn't work....

2003-09-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 Sep 2003 7:31 am, Pete Stean wrote: > Hi folks, my first experience with linux isnt going very well... > > Installing Mandrake from CD-ROM - it detects all my hardware ok (apart > from my usb Epson C42 printer but let's worry about that later) > including my Geforce4 card and here's

Re: [newbie] 3 simple questions

2003-09-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 05 Sep 2003 5:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP > I can't seem to switch away from Gnome to KDE. I've selected KDE in > Mandrake Config:System:Interface (or similar), I've played with the > Mandrake Config: Boot section, I've played with all the configs I can find > and set all to KDE

Re: Re[2]: [newbie] infected list posting

2003-09-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 05 Sep 2003 4:49 am, rikona wrote: > Hello Bryan, > > Thursday, September 4, 2003, 2:47:49 PM, you wrote: > > BP> It is trivial to spoof the machine name when sending out mail but > BP> spoofing the IP address is NOT trivial. > > If the virus sets up a stack that is *completely* independ

Re: [newbie] Printing....

2003-09-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 04 Sep 2003 1:56 am, Budhi Astiyadi wrote: > On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 22:22, Derek Jennings wrote: > > At the bottom right of your screen in the 'system tray' click on the > > vertical line. A menu will appear > > select Panel Menu>Add>Special Button&g

Re: [newbie] Postfix Revisited

2003-09-03 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 03 Sep 2003 9:51 pm, Mark Annandale wrote: > Hi Guys > > Is it imperative to use a FQDN for postfix - Is it possible to just use > localhost ? Sorry if this seems daft but as mentioned earlier I can't UTFM. > > Regards > > Mark A Yes it is. Postfix will not work without a domain name.

Re: [newbie] Printing....

2003-09-03 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 03 Sep 2003 4:54 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Wednesday 03 September 2003 17:22, Derek Jennings wrote: > > By the way : If you have a Canon BJC2100SP you will get greatly improved > > printing if you use Turbo Print. RPM available from Mandrake Club o

Re: [newbie] Procmail and Fetchmail as system services

2003-09-03 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 03 Sep 2003 4:28 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Wednesday 03 September 2003 10:45 am, HaywireMac wrote: > > > IIRC, Fetchmail can pass mail through Procmail like a filter, > > > > like so:? > > > > postconnect "procmail"? > > IIRC, I read this, but am not doing it myself. I would have

Re: [newbie] enemy territory

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Jennings
Go here http://www.gentoogames.com/ and you can download iso images for Enemy Territory and America's Army. Give them to your Windows using friends. They will boot up into a minimal Linux environment with a Blackbox Window Manager to run the game in. They will not write anything to the hard dr

Re: [newbie] Strange behavior of KDE 3.1.3

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2003 12:57 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: >I updated KDE to 3.1.3 via URPMI...everything appeared fine, but when > I logged out and logged back in, the kicker bar at the bottom of the > screen was gone. >I then logged in as root and deleted the ~/.kde directories for all > users

Re: [newbie] procmail default to inbox

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2003 1:45 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > My system mailbox is /var/spool/mail/todd; any mail that doesn't get > filtered according to my procmail recipes stays there. How could I make > those messages that fall through the filters go to my inbox folder? > > Todd In your procmailrc DEFA

Re: [newbie] Firewall

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Jennings
Doh! I missed out a line. It should be :- > > fwnet ACCEPT > fwmasqACCEPT > masq net ACCEPT masqfw ACCEPT > net all DROPinfo > all all REJECT info > > derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdkl

Re: [newbie] Firewall

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 02 Sep 2003 11:32 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: > When I activated the firewall in LM9.1 I blocked the ability of my two w2k > LAN clients to see my samba server. No surprise. How can I allow the > clients (and hopefully only those clients) through the firewall? > TIA > Paul Shorewall (as de

Re: [newbie] ssh

2003-09-02 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 8:45 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > HaywireMac wrote: > >On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 01:40:22 -0400 > > > >Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >>I used root and the root password and immediately had the run of the > >>box. > > > >It would be better, IMHO, to ssh in as a regular

Re: [newbie] ssh

2003-09-01 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 2:28 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 07:34:09 +0100 > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > If you want greater security it is possible to configure ssh so that > > only people with matching encryption keys can connect. This

Re: [newbie] Lost New Mozilla

2003-09-01 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 2:24 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:00:42 +0100 > > Margot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > How do I get the new version on to the K menu? > > I'm no K expert, in fact I fsck'n hate the shite ;-), but isn't there a > K menu editor in the KDE config options? >

Re: [newbie] Mplayer Being Shut Down? [OT] Rant against European Parliment

2003-08-31 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 9:59 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > On Sunday 31 August 2003 06:46 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > > > What about representative government? Haven't they heard > > about people that vote? Is anybody demonstrating or raising a > > ruckus as of right now, outside their doors? There

Re: [newbie] how to sto menudrake altering my icewm menu

2003-08-31 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 31 Aug 2003 7:18 pm, Nigel Wilkinson wrote: > Hi folks > > I'm running Mandrake 9.1 and whenever I customise my icewm menu > menudrake overwrites it. How can I prevent this? > > Cheers > Nigel Mandrake menus are managed in the 'Debian way' Each RPM package will drop a menu information f

Re: [newbie] opera

2003-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 7:14 pm, Anarky wrote: > Aron Smith wrote: > >>but opera is adware, isn't it? > > > >Opera is ad-supported unless you wish to buy the reg code ie:pay $35.oo > > USD and the ads go away > > ummm .. I think I'll stick to Firebird then :) /begin advertisement Its worth giv

Re: [newbie] How do I install from the hard drive?

2003-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 1:17 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have mandrake 9.1 on cds and need to install it from the hard drive and I > do not know how to. Will someone tell me how, thanks. Read the install.htm file you will find on CD 1 Use the instructions to create a boot floppy using the hd.

Re: [newbie] browsing while downloading

2003-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 3:28 pm, Anarky wrote: > I hear of this program 'wondermaker' ... which would enable one to > interectivelly browse the web & stuff .. while still downloading at max > speed possible (eg. the download speed would lower to leave space for > browsing when one needed it) ..

Re: [newbie] Postfix

2003-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 1:25 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: > Hi all > > Assume I'm as dumb as I feel when I get into this stuff. > > I have rtfm'ed my eyes out. > > I want to install postfix on my apache2 server, aeis.tv for use like my > host on americanelevatorinspection.com has set up qmail. > > Next y

Re: [newbie] gtk2

2003-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
gaim-0.59 in on your Mandrake CD gaim-0.66 is on Texstars download site. You have already been told how to add urpmi sources. Add one for Texstar and you can install it with with your Mandrake Software Manager. (He also has an RPM for gaim-smileys) derek On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 3:10 pm, [EMAI

Re: [newbie] Apache: where to begin?

2003-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 12:40 pm, Marco Verheul wrote: > Hi all, > > I just installed Apache2 and when I enter http://localhost in my browser > it shows me the apache page, so installation was succesfull. To which > directory does http://localhost point? In other words, where do I load > my webpage

Re: [newbie] Firewall Oddities

2003-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 29 Aug 2003 3:50 pm, Terry Sheltra wrote: > I'm having some interesting happenings using the Firewall utility in > MCC. I'm using a laptop that has both a wireless card, as well as a > wired NIC. My wireless works just fine until I try to turn on the > firewall. As soon as I do, the fi

Re: [newbie] calendar

2003-08-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 12:14 am, Anarky wrote: > Tony S. Sykes wrote: > >Evolution, Gnome-kal, Korganiser. > > gnomecal seems to be closest to my needs but I'm still looking ... the > others start too slow .. I just need a very simple program that will > tell me around where I am in the month/week

Re: [newbie] Linux Apps - Firewalls

2003-08-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 5:55 am, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks for the responses. > > I tried "https://localhost:1"; but the connection was refused. You need to install the webmin package first. > Besides, I know next to nothing about various types of connections and > whatnot. So trying t

Re: [newbie] Linux Apps (hijack - sorry)

2003-08-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 10:32 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 3:13 am, HaywireMac wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:58:11 -0700 > > > > Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > One is an easy to use Firewall program (ZoneAlarm). Any > > > suggestions. > > > > Mandrake comes with one

Re: [newbie] Opinions on Software required

2003-08-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 6:11 pm, Michael Lothian wrote: > Hi everybody! (Sound like that guy from the simpsons) > > I was just wondering what the best software (preferably one with a nice > gui) to do the following things... > > Convert CDs into Ogg files Grip is best, but konqueror can also do i

Re: [newbie] Help on postfix

2003-08-26 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 26 Aug 2003 8:51 am, Kim Brandt wrote: > Hi everyone > > I got some problems when i tried to install qmail (i already got postfix > 20010228-p103 working well) And the installation didn´t work, so i > uninstalled qmail. > > I run a webserver on a Mandrake 8.1 machine, and usually get som

Re: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull

2003-08-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 9:14 pm, Sabin, Matthew wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Derek Jennings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:17 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull > > >

Re: [newbie] DrakConnect forgetfull

2003-08-25 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 25 Aug 2003 2:43 pm, Sabin, Matthew wrote: > So I'm happily surfing away and my 'net conenction slows to a crawl. > Then is stops entirely. > > After many attempts to make bits flow (even checked the cable to see if the > cat had eaten through again) I've concluded that the via-rhine on b

Re: [newbie] laptop install problems

2003-08-24 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 23 Aug 2003 9:44 pm, Claire Suttle wrote: > Hi, > > I've just downloaded the mandrake 9.1 ISO's, and I now want to install onto > a compaq armarda laptop. I'm having problems because I can't boot from > cd's, and the cd drive is interchangeable with the floppy drive. If I try > to boot

Re: [newbie] anacron problem

2003-08-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 20 Aug 2003 2:51 pm, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > When I start PC for the day, I get > Aug 20 04:21:10 lvghomepc anacron[1423]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (exit > status: 1) (mailing output) > but I couldn't see any error log in /var/log/cron or mail in /var/log/mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cron]#

Re: [newbie] ssh and run gui apps

2003-08-20 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 20 Aug 2003 2:52 pm, L.V.Gandhi wrote: > I can do remote login using ssh to another host and do cl jobs. But how to > login with gui and run gui apps? If you are using Mandrake on both your client and your host then you should be able to run GUI apps by just starting them from the

Re: [newbie] UCE Controls and Fetchmail

2003-08-19 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 19 Aug 2003 1:12 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: > Not sure if this is the right list for this type of question but I will > plunge in anyway. I am running Postfix 2.04 on my Linux system and using > Fetchmail to pull down mail from my ISP and inject it into Postfix. I have > local aliases se

Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports

2003-08-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 11:37 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 11:13 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > > Personally I find that http://scan.sygatetech.com/ is a better > > firewall test site. > > Sorry for hijacking - but need clarification of sygatetech&

Re: [newbie] urpmi/update problems

2003-08-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 6:47 pm, Paul wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 13:34, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 12:28 am, Paul wrote: > > > I cannot use urpmi to update. When I use the software management in MCC > > > I get an error message "th

Re: [newbie] urpmi/update problems

2003-08-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 12:28 am, Paul wrote: > I cannot use urpmi to update. When I use the software management in MCC > I get an error message "there is an error while adding the update medium > via urpmi, may be due to a broken or temp.unavailable mirror". This is > repeated on all mirrors. > >

Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports

2003-08-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 12:05 am, Chris wrote: > I'm sure I've asked this before and don't believe I got an answer. Heres > my situation. I'm running firestarter, V0.9.0. When going to grc.com to > scan my ports it shows 21,23, and 80 open. Now I've gone to mcc > sytem > > services and shutdow

Re: [newbie] Noob help! - can't create a boot floppy in 9.1

2003-08-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 10:35 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > Hi all, > > Am I just being thick? > OK, OK - now tell me what to do, rude suggestions not permitted :-) > > Expert installation created a boot floppy. > I want to create a second one (to incorporate a particular SCSI module > at boot up)

Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp

2003-08-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 11:42 pm, Thomas Rudolfsson wrote: > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 10:00 pm, Thomas Rudolfsson wrote: > > > My internet provider has changed to DHCP unfortunatley. > > > When I want to switch to my windowsco

Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports

2003-08-14 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 07 Aug 2003 1:55 am, Chris wrote: > On Wednesday 06 August 2003 06:41 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > Ports 21, 23, and 80 show open, rest show closed. What now? > > > > Just like Anne you are connecting via a device, and that device has a web > > se

Re: [newbie] mail test rant

2003-08-11 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 08 Aug 2003 8:34 pm, Todd Slater wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 02:11:13PM -0400, Todd Slater wrote: > > So my ISP has decided to reject all mails originating from dynamically > > assigned IP blocks, which my computer is on. So, I can't send mail to > > my ISP-provided account from my b

Re: [newbie] Port scanning

2003-08-08 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 07 Aug 2003 6:27 pm, João Candido Araujo Milasch Filho wrote: > Hello, (I'll resend this message, cause I think it have not been sent b4) > > I'm trying to use some services that i'm setting up at my computer at home, > but the firewall here, where i work, blocks almost all the outgoing

Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp

2003-08-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 10:00 pm, Thomas Rudolfsson wrote: > My internet provider has changed to DHCP unfortunatley. > When I want to switch to my windowscomputer(for games) I have to wait > maybe 2 ours before I can get the connection to work. > I cant get my ip from dhcp because It's locked to the

Re: [newbie] Noob help! - can't create a boot floppy in 9.1

2003-08-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 1:08 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 23:15, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > > Have you have disabled supermount? > > How do I do this? > > > If supermount is disabled then your floppy has to be manually mounted and > >

Re: [newbie] Printer Canon Bjc2100sp is very slow

2003-08-05 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 1:20 am, yusup aji wijaya wrote: > I use Mandrake9.0 or 9.1 > When I try to print text, I have problem with my printer Canon Bjc2100SP, > It is very slow. I try to decrease quality but It's not affect. I afraid My > printer will be broken, because when I try some driver Canon

Re: [newbie] oss emulation through alsa

2003-08-04 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 04 Aug 2003 5:50 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > I have Mandrake 9.1, and would like to run OSS emulation through ALSA. > The reason for this is that when I try to run games with wine, it only > works with OSS. The problem with that is, Shockwave Flash doesn't work > at all on the internet. I

Re: [newbie] KDE desktop cruft

2003-07-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 30 Jul 2003 10:57 pm, Russ Kepler wrote: > I've got a couple of icons on my desktop that I can't get rid of (and don't > appear in the Desktop directory). I suspect that they're artifacts from an > automount or something, but I can't remove the /mnt entries, either. The > icons appea

Re: [newbie] Mozilla and my bank

2003-07-30 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 30 Jul 2003 5:11 pm, David wrote: > I use Mozilla for my personal accounts with one bank. > I have recently started a business account with another bank. > When I enter the account number and password with the new bank and press > go, nothing happens (using Mozilla). I can use my wife'

Re: [newbie] Configuring Samba

2003-07-29 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 1:51 pm, David Middlebrook wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: > >On Monday 28 Jul 2003 12:50 pm, David Middlebrook wrote: > >>I have a small home LAN running through a Netgear RP114 DSL/Cable > >>Router, my PC is running Mandrake 9.1 and the other c

Re: [newbie] D-LINK WIRELESS

2003-07-29 Thread Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 9:57 pm, Daniel wrote: > I manage to install Mandrake 9.1 everthing is fine except I cannot > connect. to internet. I went on D-Link web site and they don't have > Linux driver. > > My wireless card is: D-Link DWL-520+ and the router is DI-614+ > > If anybody has an alternati

Re: [newbie] kmail question

2003-07-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 28 Jul 2003 9:38 pm, crak600 wrote: > quickie about kmail.when i click on a web page link that's been > e-mailed to me, the page opens up in Konqueror. i can't find where to make > it open up in mozilla web browser as the default. i've checked out all the > options for kmail and i d

Re: [newbie] best way of updating software

2003-07-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 28 Jul 2003 8:25 pm, charo wrote: > this is a long history that I will try to make shorter, but please don't > piss me off. Linux is though enough for a brand new linux user like me. > > Following someone suggestions from de list I added a cron.daily file > urpmi.cron, with the content th

Re: [newbie] Configuring Samba

2003-07-28 Thread Derek Jennings
On Monday 28 Jul 2003 12:50 pm, David Middlebrook wrote: > I have a small home LAN running through a Netgear RP114 DSL/Cable > Router, my PC is running Mandrake 9.1 and the other computers are a Mac > OS/X, Win/XP and Win 98. The router is providing DHCP and the printer is > connected to the Linux

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